
Penn DECA students excel at State
Posted on March 12, 2026Penn’s DECA chapter competed at the State Career Development Conference in Indianapolis. Due to their outstanding performance at SCDC, 31 Penn students qualified for the International Career Development Conference, the most in chapter history.
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(85%+ on roleplay exam)
1) Mia Helm
2) David Ha
3) Joseph Imdieke
4) Connor Geoghegan
5) Danielle Ciliberti
International Career Development Conference Qualifiers:
State Champions:
Melody Matviyiv and Gracie Rowe (Business Services Operations Research)
Jennifer Chen and Marium Chaudry (International Business Plan)
Veerinder Turna and Vardaan Turna (Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research)
Second Place:
Kaiyi Zhou and Joshua Seluzhitsky (Buying and Merchandising Operations Research)
Yuxuan Lin and Caitlyn McCrink (Innovation Plan)
Layla Hurley and Victoria Sanchez (Integrated Marketing Campaign – Event)
Danielle Ciliberti and Olivia Wu (Integrated Marketing Campaign – Service)
Gabi Martinez-Morales and Nia Lawson-Mitchell (Community Awareness Project)
Navya Ramanujan and Charlotte Chung (Marketing Management Team Decision Making)
Third Place:
Aarna Pathak and Ayvah Bell (Finance Operations Research)
Veer Verma and Mariam Ahmed (Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research)
Ishita Masetty and Abhijay Masetty (Franchise Business Plan)
Emma Wei and Alice Zhang (International Business Plan)
Johnson Chen (Entrepreneurship Series)
Fourth Place (Roleplay Only):
Vihaan Meda (Principles of Business Management and Administration)
Chase Pinckert and Lucas Eshowsky (Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making)
Last Modified March 13, 2026

